How Confused Are Consumers About Self-Driving Cars?
Posted on May 9, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on How Confused Are Consumers About Self-Driving Cars?
A recent study that polled more than 1,000 consumers about self-driving vehicles concluded that the general public is very confused on the topic. A key component of the survey noted that almost half the participants have a hard time discerning the difference between a semi-autonomous vehicle and a fully autonomous vehicle. Another item that stood out in the survey is the government’s...
Study Finds Americans Still Wary of Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on Mar 2, 2018 in Industry News, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Study Finds Americans Still Wary of Autonomous Vehicles
In a recent Gallup poll, nearly 60% of the more than 3,000 survey participants said they would be uncomfortable riding in an autonomous vehicle. Survey participants were even more reluctant to share the road with driverless trucks, with nearly 70% stating that they would be uneasy. The responses varied by age, with those over 66 least likely to accept autonomous vehicles. Nearly 70% of...
Surveys Disagree on American Appetites for Driverless Vehicles
Posted on Oct 11, 2016 in Industry News, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Surveys Disagree on American Appetites for Driverless Vehicles
A survey of more than 2,000 people by the Consumer Technology Association found that approximately 70% of those surveyed were ready to try a driverless vehicle. However, another survey by the University of Michigan led to drastically different results: in that survey, fewer than 16% of those surveyed were open to completely autonomous vehicles. A third survey conducted by Kelley Blue...
Cybersecurity and Allocation of Liability Are Top Concerns Among Risk Managers
Posted on Jul 21, 2016 in Insurance Developments and Trends, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Cybersecurity and Allocation of Liability Are Top Concerns Among Risk Managers
A recent survey conducted by Munich Re found that, where autonomous vehicles are involved, the top concern for corporate risk managers is cybersecurity. More than half of the corporate risk managers surveyed (55%) named cybersecurity, which included potential hacks into a vehicle’s data system and the failure of “smart road infrastructure,” as their number one concern. Mike Scrudato,...
Morality and Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on Jun 29, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Morality and Autonomous Vehicles
The classic “trolley problem” in ethics is now becoming the “autonomous vehicle problem.” The thought experiment asks: A trolley is hurtling towards five helpless people on a track. Do you pull a lever to divert the trolley onto another track, hitting only one person—or do nothing? The updated question asks whether a driverless car should be programmed to hit three pedestrians in a...
